They just had a segment on the local news about this.
The victim deposited the check, kept $200 for her troubles,then bought those money cards,which she promptly gave the codes to the scammer.
The bank didn't catch the bogus check for a couple of weeks.
When they did,they pulled the money out of the poor woman's account.( WABC 7 NYC)
This was done under the "be a secret shopper"scam.
Don't fall for it!
Mine says [email protected]
It's from Mississippi and his instruction say no need to wait for the check to clear wire the money. It's a definite scam. Who would send a check for a secret shopper in the amount of $3, 800 or so?